Food Allergies - High Risk Infant

Practice Questions

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• Intervention

  Q: Does a history of maternal atopy predict a higher risk for the development of allergy in infants and children as compared to a paternal history of atopy?

  Last Updated: 2020-01-23

  

• Q: Do infants with a parental history of allergy have a reduced incidence of allergy if their mothers avoid common allergenic foods during pregnancy as compared to infants of mothers who do not restrict their diets during pregnancy?

  Last Updated: 2020-01-23

  

• Q: Do infants and children with a parental history of allergy who are exclusively breastfed and whose mothers avoid common allergenic foods during breastfeeding have a reduced incidence of allergy as compared to infants whose mothers do not restrict their diets?

  Last Updated: 2020-01-23

  

• Q: Among term infants and children, with a parental history of allergy, does breastfeeding reduce the incidence of allergy?

  Last Updated: 2020-01-23

  

• Q: Among infants with parental history of allergy, does delaying the introduction of common allergenic foods until after four months of age decrease the incidence of allergy?

  Last Updated: 2020-01-23

  

• Q: What infant feeding formulas contribute to risk reduction for allergic diseases, including food allergy and eczema, among infants at high risk for allergy?

  Last Updated: 2020-01-23

  

• Q: Among infants with parental history of allergy, does a combination of maternal avoidance of common allergenic foods during breastfeeding, infant feeding with hydrolysed formula, delayed introduction of common allergenic foods and a house dust mite reduction program decrease the incidence of allergy as compared to infant-mother pairs who do not adhere to these interventions?

  Last Updated: 2020-01-23

  

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  Last Updated: 2019-02-05

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  Last Updated: 2015-07-27

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  Last Updated: 2014-10-28